HOWDY, MY NAME IS BILL STRONG, I'LL BE YOUR "24 HOUR MAN", ROUTING YOU INTO THE PAST TO SEE WHAT THE CIRCUS WAS IN DAYS GONE BY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, AND MISS WHAT IT USED TO BE, THEN COME ON ALONG AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD FOLLOWING THE ARROWS BACKWARDS, TO "YESTERDAY'S TOWNS"!
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About Me

Three years at CWM made me a real traditionalist, and I keep remembering Bob Parkinson saying, "I want the people to see what the circus used to be, not what it is today. That's what this site is about!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

SNAPSHOTS: THE KELROYS

The first Australian I met, was Ray Humphries, who flew for Roy Deisler, & I noticed that whenever there is an Australian on the show, everyone suddenly becomes Australian, "Good Morning", becomes, "G'Day Mate", & everything is Matey this, or Matey that. These two snapshots were sent to me by Margaret Goodall-Kelroy, who was adopted by the Kelroys, she assisted Ron at times in his Rola-Bola, & Plate Spinning Acts.In the top photo is the Kelroys in 1952, Ivy, Ernie, & Joan. The bottom photo shows the Kelroys in 1923, in Australia, with Ernie on the left.

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GEESH! I need a score card here. Maybe a large family tree = tree. Its impossiable to keep track of who is related to who. Or who was related at an earlier time. Very interesting to say the least. I can't remember my own name half the time. Funny story, When I was in the hospital a week or two ago, The third day I noticed the doctors and nurses were calling me by a different name. As I was the only one in the room I knew they were talking to me. Later I learned my friends were frantic to find me as the hospital told them there was no Rebecca Apponey admitted to the hospital. Finally one of the nurses who was a client of mine figured out who they were talking about. Its very funny now, but had me worried for a while. My friend figured out it was me because the other nurses said all I talked about was my animals.

Dorothea and Ernest had 6 children originally, ,Dorothea, Ernest Jnr, Mervyn, Ronald, Phyllis and Ray.. the baby,he was billed on the Tivoli as "Little Ray")

Ronald, Mervyn and Dorothea died in their childhood. Phyllis went on to marry Douglas Joseph Ashton ,of the Australian, Ashton's Circus family.

I know this to be true because I have the original of this photo and Raymond Percival Kelroy was my father.

You have the details of the top photo correct, Joan,Ernie and Ivy. ( Joan and Ivy were always taken to be sisters, they had a very close relationship, but in fact were not sisters,( Joan's name was Joan Willoughby.... Joan later married and became Joan Vaughan.

I hope this information helps, keep up the good work in preserving circus history,